Drive meaning in English

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Definition

a drive: a trip in a car noun
To go for a drive To make a trip in a car for pleasure
It is a six-hour drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles. It takes 6 hours to get to there by car.
to drive: to travel in a car; to control (a vehicle's, an economy's) movement verb

This is an irregular verb:
I drive / I drove / I have driven
to drive (someone crazy): to make (someone crazy), to cause (someone to go crazy) verb
You are driving me crazy. You are making me very angry, annoyed.
(Rodeo) Drive: (Rodeo) Avenue, Street, Road noun

Examples

  • "This is why I prefer driving drunk."
  • "Mr. Marron displayed poor judgment in driving without an American driver's license, however he was only trying to help a friend in need."
  • "Mrs. Brady drove on the wrong side of the road, and I was too scared to go surfing because they say there are a lot of monsters in Cornwall."
  • "Olaf : Uh, Mr. Driving Man, I think we have arrived."
  • "Driving too slow?"
  • "Brian : Why do we drive in a parkway, but park in a driveway?"
  • "(Drive on the left)"
  • "Police : Mr. Warbuckle, you're under arrest for driving under the influence."
  • "While driving to the International Conference on Smelling Techniques, Bruno's tiny Peugeot collided with an enormous truck carrying several boxes of Kalvin Krime products."
  • "Brian : So many questions... Why do we drive in a parkway, but park in a driveway?"
  • "I am writing to you from my countryside cottage in Yorkshire, where my forced retirement is driving me crazy."
  • "Not to mention that it is illegal to drive in most states without at least some liability insurance."
  • "I'm sitting in Mr. Warbuckle's golf cart, while he drives me around the ranch."
  • "Olaf : Come on driver, just drive faster!"
  • "Driving too fast?"
  • "We drive on the left"
  • "3500 West Naples Drive"
  • "Philip : I drive a sports car."
  • "I'm driving!"
  • "The market has been driven by an exchange rate that has risen above two dollars to the pound for the first time since the early 1980s."

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